One Piece is an anime with its fair share of strong characters. While its protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy, is certainly one of them, some characters are even more powerful than the manga's cheerful and quirky protagonist. But that usually hasn't stopped Luffy from fighting them, and in this article, we're going to analyze a One Piece fight involving Luffy and tell you what happened. The fight we're talking about is Luffy's fight against Magellan, one of the few guys who almost managed to kill the Straw Hat Pirates in the series. Luckily, Luffy outwitted Magellan, and in this article, we're going to tell you what really happened.

When did Luffy and Magellan fight?

Before we get started on the main topic, let us just say that Luffy and Magellan have fought twice in the series. The first fight took place on Level 4 of Impel Down and that's when Magellan poisoned and nearly killed Luffy; we talked about Luffy's miraculous survival in a previous article. This happened in episodes 435 to 437 of the anime and chapters 533 to 536 of the manga.

Their second battle took place on Level 1 of Impel Down, and this is the fight we're going to tell you about. Luffy had the help of Mr. 3 and the prisoners, and it was enough to outwit Magellan. This battle took place in episodes 448 to 452 of the anime, or chapters 545 to 549 of the manga.

Luffy didn't defeat Magellan in battle, but he outsmarted him.

After leaving Luffy to die and returning to the facility, he discovers that riots have broken out in the meantime. Magellan traps the escapees led by Buggy and Galdino (Mr. 3) on the second level and orders Hannyabal to resist and try to stop the revolt led by Luffy, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Emporio Ivankov on the fourth level until he arrives. The warden is informed that Blackbeard has entered the prison without permission by defeating the guards at the entrance, so he orders Shiryu's release so he can deal with the new threat.

However, having reached the fourth level, Magellan encounters Teach and his crew. He then throws his poison at them and leaves, leaving them in agony. Once at the entrance to the stairs, he finds Sady-chan tied to the ceiling and Hannyabal lifeless. In fact, Luffy's group managed to defeat the guards and continue their ascent, forcing the director to give chase.

When the group of escapees reaches the stairs leading to the second level, Ivankov stays behind to confront the warden. However, Magellan defeats him without much difficulty and reaches the second level, where Inazuma awaits. However, the second revolutionary also ends up the same way, and Magellan thus reaches the upper level.

There, he contacts the Navy ships and orders them to set sail to prevent any prison breakouts. He then attacks every inmate he encounters with his poison until Galdino intervenes and uses wax to stop the warden's attack. Seeing that the wax resists the poison, Luffy covers his hands and feet and begins attacking Magellan since he can now hit him without poisoning himself.

Tired of the beating he has suffered, Magellan decides to use his most powerful poison, capable of melting even wax, forcing all the inmates to flee again. Arriving at the prison entrance, Galdino creates a wall of wax, and Luffy, after activating Gear Third, throws it towards the warden, slowing his advance. However, once the wall of wax melts, Magellan reaches the exit. Ivankov, however, manages to generate a huge shockwave that allows him and all the escapees, clinging to his head enlarged by his powers, to reach the sea, where whale sharks summoned by Jinbe bounce him until he reaches the deck of the ship commandeered by Crocodile, Daz Bones, and Buggy. The escapees thus reach the Gates of Justice, which incredibly begin to open.

Unsure who inside the Great Prison gave this order, Magellan rushes into the control room and discovers that Bentham has disguised himself as him to deceive the guards. Enraged, he prepares to fight the criminal. Magellan is then seriously injured by the second group of escapees from the sixth level and is on the verge of death. However, he manages to inform the World Government of what has happened, taking full responsibility.

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